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100 Poems on Poets and Poetry
₹200.00The poems of Lingaraj Rath offer an insight into the multidimensional workings of a poet’s complex imagination. His poems exhibit a range surprisingly wide as the globe itself. The themes the poet dwells upon are revelations of different facets of a poet’s personality. The poet is extremely laconic in his expression, but the terseness encapsulates the vision of the whole world. Most of his poems present the poet as an empathetic and sensitive human being who can feel the pain of a wounded bird, and rejoice in the divine manifestation of eternal joy in the objects of Nature. Deeply emotive with the use of carefully chosen words, Rath’s poems flow lucidly and rhythmically. They surprise the readers with the impact they create within their compact design that is almost similar to the Haikus.
“100 Poems On Poets And Poetry” is unique of its kind in so far as it consists of poems devoted entirely to the theme of “poet and poetry.” Poems of Lingaraj Rath in the original Odia language have been extremely popular among readers and critics owing to their lyrical grace, and the vision and philosophical inclination of the poet. The English rendering of the poems will surely be able to fascinate the readers, and fill their hearts with thrill and joy.
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100Ti Sonnet (Pablo Neruda)
₹300.00This is the translation of Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda’s two books: 1. 100 Love Sonnets, 2. Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair. This is the first Odia translation of these world bestsellers.
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A Holi of Poetry
₹300.00Holi is the festival of colors for Indians. It is celebrated by smearing or splashing colors on one’s dear ones, transforming the everyday world into a brilliantly-hued, vibrant one. Here are seven poets of the Odia literary world, writing and celebrating as if with colors of the Rainbow that the readers would find highly enjoyable and evocable. These poets are of a highly evolved class, having practiced the sacred art form of poetry with admirable and unique styles. Their poems are no doubt a platter spanning, in general, the landscape of Odia poetry, offering its sublime rasas (aesthetics and tastes) and bhavas (expression). Only seven Odia poets were considered for this volume for various limiting factors. The first and foremost reason is the constraint of space that the publishers impose. The second and the most important one is they write very contemporary genres, shifted from the conventional styles, representing an inner world of Odia mind.
Poets included are: Arupananda Panigrahi, Bijayketan Patnaik, Haraprasad Das, Hrushikesh Mallick, Kamalakanta Panda (Kalpanta), Prabhanjan K. Mishra, Runu Mohanty.
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A Palmful of Pain
₹200.00Nrusingh Tarai’s poems have an unusual freshness & vividness & clarity about them. His language, phrase & rhythm has a rare felicity & flexibility that enables his poetry to acquire an identity of its own. He is prolific, not to say profuse and his range ranges over a great variety of themes, issues and concerns. At a time when young poets showcase the stereotypes and platitudes of contemporary living, he beats a hasty retreat from the pedestrian & comes abreast of gross realities by stark metaphors. The language both racy and idiomatic, precise and prolix suggest his beginnings in the sylvan backwaters of Odisha and his sense of rootedness. He has a felt undertone of empathy with the disinherited & dispossessed, fallen females & outcastes. He scores while stating a problem & avowedly believes that it eludes any neat resolution. And thus he is apolitical. And there is an aura of magic when he captures, in apposite vocabulary, the urban & semi-urban vignettes. There emerges a vision, not uncluttered, of a writer wrestling with the medium to achieve an echo of pain & reconciliation, jubilation and freedom. Above all, he is eminently readable.
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A Poet’s Promise
₹350.00A Poet’s Promise contains 63 poems gleaned from three decades of writing dating back to the poet’s childhood years. Covering diverse areas such as Nature, relationships, emotions, spirituality, literature, love, travel, socio-political issues and womanhood, the book concludes with a section titled ‘Survival’ wherein poetry becomes a means of overcoming all odds. Every poem is an offering of love to the readers. These poems embody existence, identity, struggle, survival, and above all, raw humanity. Through moments of despair and elation, light and darkness, they have the potential to be catharsis, inspiration and undying hope. This poet’s journey is certainly ‘our’ very own journey.
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A Song, Half & Half
₹250.00A Song, Half & Half is a range of Nandini’s love poems, written between 14th February 2021 and 14th February 2022. The poems play around the poet’s ideas on complex human emotions, relationships, romantic love, even humour and of course the existential issues of life. The tone and tenor of these poems are a different ball game altogether; here one can notice a sea change in the moods, modes and mores of the mythical poet Nandini. Here, she reveals as much as she conceals. Penned as soliloquies from her covid bed, in memory of her love, and then the rekindling of love in her ‘Ocean’, these are her politically incorrect poems. Here Nandini celebrates an anonymous love that is still knocking her door, and the personae has left the door ajar.
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Aanhika
₹140.00Aanhika is the poetry collection by eminent Odia poet Jagannath Prasad Das. This collection was awarded prestigious Saraswati Samman in 1990.
Jagannath Prasad Das (J.P.) (born 26 April 1936) is an eminent Odia poet, playwright, essayist and fiction writer. He has done translations of literary works from different languages into Odia and English. He has done extensive research into Odishan art and has published three works on the pictorial arts of the state. His writings have been widely translated into Hindi, English and other Indian languages. He has been recipient of many awards including Odisha Sahitya Academy Award (1981) for the poetry collection Je Jahara Nirjanata, Central Sahitya Akademi award (1990) for the poetry collection Aanhika, and the Saraswati Samman (2006) for the poetry collection Parikrama.
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Abhajana
₹180.00ଦଳିତ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ସାମାଜିକ ବୈଷମ୍ୟ, ଅସ୍ପୃଶ୍ୟତା, ଲିଙ୍ଗ ଭେଦ ଓ ଅସମାନତା ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ବିଦ୍ରୋହ ଘୋଷଣା କରେ । ଭାରତୀୟ ସମାଜରେ ‘ଶ୍ରେଣୀ ସଂଘର୍ଷ’ ଓ ‘ଦଳିତ ବିଦ୍ରୋହ’କୁ ସମଭାବରେ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରାଯାଇପାରିବ ନାହିଁ । ଧନୀ ଓ ଗରିବ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ତାରତମ୍ୟ ସେତେବଡ଼ ସମସ୍ୟା ନୁହେଁ । ଧନୀ ଦିନେ ଗରିବ ଓ ଗରିବ ଦିନେ ଧନୀ ହୋଇଥିବାର ଦୃଷ୍ଟାନ୍ତ ଦୁନିଆରେ ଅଭାବ ନାହିଁ । କିନ୍ତୁ ଜାତି ଜନିତ ବୈଷମ୍ୟ ସବୁ କାଳ ପାଇଁ ସତେ ଯେପରି ଅମରତ୍ୱ ଲାଭ କରିଛି । ଜାତି ପ୍ରଥାରେ ଉଚ୍ଚବର୍ଗ ସଦାବେଳେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ଦଳିତ ସର୍ବଦା ନିଚ୍ଚ ହୋଇ ଆଜୀବନ ମଥାନତ ହୋଇ ବଂଚିରହେ । ଦାରିଦ୍ର]୍ୟ ଅପେକ୍ଷା ଜାତି ପ୍ରଥା ଅତି ଉତ୍କଟଭାବେ ଅବହେଳିତ ସମାଜର ଦୁଃଖର କାରଣ ହୋଇଚାଲିଛି । ଏହି ଜାତିପ୍ରଥାକୁ ସାହିତ୍ୟରେ ଯେ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧ କରାଯାଇ ନାହିଁ ତାହାନୁହେଁ, ଯେତିକି କରାଯାଇଛି ତାହା ଧର୍ମର ଦ୍ୱାହି ତଳେ ସେଭଳି ପରିପ୍ରକାଶ ପାଇପାରିନାହିଁ । ବାରଶହ ବର୍ଷ ତଳେ ଲିଖିତଚର୍ଯ୍ୟା ଗୀତିକାରେ କାହ୍ନୁ ପାଦଙ୍କ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା ‘ନଗର ବାହିରେ ଡୋମ୍ବି ତୋହେରି କୁଡ଼ିଆ/ଛୋଇଛୋଇ ଯାହି ସୋ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମ ନାଡ଼ିଆ’…..ରୁ ଅନୁଭବ କରିହୁଏ ନଗର ବାହାରେ ଅବହେଳିତ ସମାଜର ଘର ଥିଲା । ସେ ଘର ଭିତରେ ଅତି ଅସ୍ୱାଭାବିକ ଜୀବନ ଯାପନ କରୁଥିଲା ବାସନ୍ଦ ମଣିଷ । ଠିକ୍ ସେହିଭଳି ଚର୍ଯ୍ୟା ଗୀତିକାର ଛଅଶହ ବର୍ଷ ପରେ ପଂଚସଖା ଯୁଗର ବିଦ୍ରୋହୀ କବି ବଳରାମ ଦାସ ଜାତିପ୍ରଥାକୁ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ରଖି ରଚନା କରିଛନ୍ତି ‘ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପୁରାଣ’ । ଏହି ପୁରାଣରେ ଠାଏ କହିଛନ୍ତି
‘ଚଣ୍ଡାଳୁ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ଯାଏ ଖିଆଖୋଇ ହେବେ
ସମସ୍ତେ ଖାଇଣ ହସ୍ତ ଜଳେ ନ ଧୋଇବେ
ହାଡ଼ିର ହସ୍ତୁ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ଛଡ଼ାଇ ଖାଇବେ
ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ଖାଇ ହସ୍ତକୁ ମୁଣ୍ଡରେ ପୋଛିବେ ।’
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Abujha Pakshira Geeta
₹160.00Rabi Satapathy’s first collection “Abujha Pakshira Geeta” is the winner of the Black Eagle Books’ “First Book Award” for 2020. The collection has 58 poems, each poem demands to be read aloud-lines of perfect.
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Abyakta Akshara
₹200.00‘ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ଅକ୍ଷର’ ସୁଖ-ଦୁଃଖ, ଏକେଲାପଣ ଓ ଅନ୍ତରାତ୍ମାର ତୃପ୍ତି ଭିତରେ ଯେଉଁ ଧୂସର କୋଠରୀ ସବୁ ରହିଛି, ସେଇ ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଏଣେତେଣେ ଘୂରିବୁଲନ୍ତି । ଏଇ ଅକ୍ଷର ମାନଙ୍କର ଅସହାୟତାପଣ ଏହିକି ଯେ, ସେମାନେ ଶବ୍ଦ ତିଆରି କରିପାରିନାହାଁନ୍ତି । ସେମାନେ କାଳିରେ ଉତ୍ତାରି ହୋଇନାହାଁନ୍ତି । କିନ୍ତୁ ସେ ଅକ୍ଷର ସବୁର ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱ ମାପିପାରିବା ବହୁତ କଷ୍ଟକର ବ୍ୟପାର । ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ସ୍ଥାନିତ କବିତାଗୁଡ଼ିକ କୌଣସି ବିପ୍ଳବର ଉପୋଦ୍]ଘାତ କରିବା ପାଇଁ କିମ୍ବା ଭଙ୍ଗା ହୃଦୟକୁ ଆହୁରି ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାକୁ ପ୍ରଣୋଦିତ ନୁହଁନ୍ତି । ସମସ୍ତ କବିତାର ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ହେଲା ମନର ସଂଗୁପ୍ତ କୋଣରେ ହାଲିଆ ହେଇ ବିଶ୍ରାମ ନେଉଥିବା ମାନବୀୟ ସମ୍ବେଦନଶୀଳତାକୁ ଟିକିଏ ଉଜାଗର କରିବା । ପ୍ରାଚୁର୍ଯ୍ୟର ବିସ୍ତାରୀକରଣ ଭିତରେ, ଉପଭୋକ୍ତାବାଦର ଜୟଜୟ ଧ୍ୱନି ଭିତରେ ଅସହାୟ ପ୍ରାଣକୁ ଆମେ ଟିକେ ଅନେଇବା । ତା’ପରେ ବ୍ୟଥିତ ହେବେ କି ବିପ୍ଲବ କରିବେ କି ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନର ଧ୍ୱନିକୁ ଶାଣିତ କରିବେ, ସେ ସବୁ ଶୂନ୍ୟସ୍ଥାନ ପୂରଣ କରିବା ପାଠକମାନଙ୍କର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନଚେତା ମନୋଭାବ ଏବଂ ସ୍ପର୍ଶକାତରତା ଉପରେ ନିର୍ଭରଶୀଳ । ସେଇ ଶୂନ୍ୟସ୍ଥାନମାନଙ୍କରେ ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ଅକ୍ଷରଗୁଡ଼ିକର ପ୍ରତିଧ୍ୱନି ନିଶ୍ଚେ ଶୁଭିବ ଓ ଏହି କବିତାମାନଙ୍କରେ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ପ୍ରତି କିଛି ଅବିଚାର ହୋଇଥାଇପାରେ । ସାତଭାୟାର ଝାଉଁବଣ ସ୍ମୃତି ରୋମନ୍ଥନ କରିବା, ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ବାରଣ୍ଡା ଦୁଃଖରେ ମ୍ରିୟମାଣ ହେବା କିମ୍ବା ‘ଗୁଳି’ ବ୍ୟଥିତ ହୃଦୟ ଧରି କାନ୍ଦିବା ଏ କବିତାର ଅକ୍ଷରମାନେ ଧୃଷ୍ଟତା ସହ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତ କରିଛନ୍ତି । ଅନ୍ତରର ଅକ୍ଷରଗୁଡ଼ିକର ଗତି ରେଖାଙ୍କିତ ନଥାଏ । ସେମାନେ ଘୂରିବୁଲିବେ ଓ ତା’ଙ୍କୁ ଏକାଠି କରି ସମ୍ବେଦନଶୀଳତାର କିଛି ଫର୍ଦ୍ଦ ଏ କବିତାଗୁଡ଼ିକରେ ଯୋଡି ହୋଇଯାଇଛି । ତେବେ ଯାହା ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ରହିଗଲା, ତାହା ଧୂସର ହଁ ଦିଶିବ ଓ ଏଥିରେ କାହାକୁ ଆକ୍ଷେପ, ପ୍ରତିଆକ୍ଷେପ ବା ଆକ୍ରୋଶ ଅଜାଡିଦେବା ପାଇଁ ଗୋଟିଏ ଅକ୍ଷର ବି ଅପଚୟ କରାହେଇନପାରିବେ ।
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Adha Adha Nakshyatra
₹200.00ଯଦି କେବେ କେଉଁଠି ମୋର କବିତାର ଧ୍ୱନି ଭିତରେ ଫୁଟିଉଠିଛି ନକ୍ଷତ୍ରଟିଏ, ପାଠକେ – ତାକୁ କେବଳ ଆକାଶର ତାରା ବୋଲି ଗ୍ରହଣକରି ନ ନେବାକୁ ମୋର ଅନୁରୋଧ । ସେ ବରଂ ମଣିଷର ଅମରତ୍ୱର ଏକ ଅନ୍ୟରୂପ, ତା’ର ଦୁଃସାହସୀ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ, ଅସାଧାରଣ କଳ୍ପନା ଓ ତୁଙ୍ଗ ଏକ ଅଭିଳାଷ । ନହେଲେ ବା ଅନଶ୍ୱର ଭଲପାଇବାର ପ୍ରତୀକଟିଏ । ପ୍ରଚଣ୍ଡ ବସ୍ତୁବାଦର ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣି ଭିତରେ, ଅନ୍ଧାରର ଖଳଖଳ ପ୍ରବାହ ତଳେ ମଣିଷର ଚାଖଣ୍ଡେ ଛାତି ଭିତରେ ତା’ର ଉଦୟୋତ୍ସବ – ଅସ୍ଥିର ସମୟର ପ୍ରପାତ ଉପରେ ସେ ଏକ ସ୍ଥିରଚେତନାର ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଧନୁ – ଯେତିକି ମନୋରମ ସେତିକି ବିସ୍ମୟକର । ତା’ର ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆଧାର ହେବାପାଇଁ ମଣିଷର ପରିଚୟ ଯଥେଷ୍ଟ ନୁହେଁ । ମଣିଷ ହ୍ରସ୍ୱ, ତେଣୁ ସେ ଅର୍ଦ୍ଧେକର ଆଧାର ମାତ୍ର ।
ସେଥିପାଇଁ ସାଧାରଣ ଜୀବନଟିଏ ବଞ୍ଚୁଥିବା କବିର ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ଅଧା ରହିବା ଅବଧାରିତ । ତଥାପି ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ବରଂ ଅଧା ରହୁ, ବିଡ଼ମ୍ବିତ ନ ହେଉ ।
– ପ୍ରତିଭା ଶତପଥୀ
